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Travel Bites 911: Warsaw, Poland’s Leading City

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Destroyed in World War II and rebuilt since, today Warsaw balances its sobering Holocaust and Nazi history with the music of Chopin, jelly donuts, and an endearing post-industrial vibrancy.

Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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